Some time ago I was asked to sign a petition in defense of Robert Faurisson's “freedom of speech and expression.” The petition said absolutely nothin… - Noam Chomsky

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Some time ago I was asked to sign a petition in defense of Robert Faurisson's “freedom of speech and expression.” The petition said absolutely nothing about the character, quality or validity of his research, but restricted itself quite explicitly to a defense of elementary rights that are taken for granted in democratic societies, calling upon university and government officials to “do everything possible to ensure the [Faurisson’s] safety and the free exercise of his legal rights.” I signed it without hesitation.

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About Noam Chomsky

Avram Noam Chomsky (born 7 December 1928) is an American linguist, analytical philosopher, cognitive scientist, political analyst, human rights activist and anarcho-socialist.

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Birth Name: Avram Noam Chomsky
Alternative Names: A. Noam Chomsky Chomsky

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there has been a deepening recognition among elites in the West that as you begin to lose the power to control people by force, you have to start to control what they think. And in the United States, that recognition has reached its apogee.

في العشرينات و أوائل الثلاثينات أوضح هارولج لزويل مؤسس علم الاتصالات و أحد منظري العلوم السياسية المرموقين ، أنه لا يجب أن نستسلم للدوجمات الديموقراطية ،التي تقول بأن الرجال قادرون على الحكم على مصالحهم ، فهم ليسوا كذلك ! نحن اكثر الناس قدرة على تحديد و الحكم على المصالح العامة ، و بالتالي انطلاقا من تلك القاعدة الأخلاقية البسيطة لا بد و أن نتأكد من أنه لن تتاح لهم الفرصة للتصرف بناء على سوء أحكامهم

فيما يسمى اليوم بالدولة الشمولية أو الدولة العسكرية هو أمر غير مستحيل ، فقط عليك أن تمسك بهراوات فوق رؤوسهم ، و إذا خرجوا عن ذلك الخط يمكنك أن تحطم الهراوات فوق رؤوسهم ، و لكن في مجتمع أكثر ديموقراطية و حرية فقدت هذه الوسيلة ،فعليك إذن اللجوء إلى أساليب الدعاية و المنطق ، فالدعاية في النظام الديموقراطي هي بمثابة الهراوة في الدولة الشمولية

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While all of the countries of Indochina have been subjected to endless denunciations in the West for their 'loathsome' qualities and unaccountable failure to find humane solutions to their problems, Cambodia was a particular target of abuse. In fact, it became virtually a matter of dogma in the West that the regime was the very incarnation of evil with no redeeming qualities, and that the handful of demonic creatures who had somehow taken over the country were systematically massacring and starving the population.

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